The City Ground

OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1 - 3 FOREST - Sat Apr 24, 1954 (League Tier 2)

Date:: Sat Apr 24, 1954 (3:00 PM)
Opponent:: Oldham Athletic
Home/Away:: Away
Ground:: Boundary Park
Game Type:: League Tier 2
Score:: 3-1 WON
: Half-time: 3-0

Sources:: Ken Smales - The First 125 Years
: Football Post, Saturday, April 24, 1954

Season:: 1953-54
Referee:: L Howarth
Attendance:: 8,301
League Week:: 42 of 42
Pos Before/After:: 4 4
Opp Before/After:: 22 22

NEXT GAMES:
Next Game:: West Midlands XI (Friendly)
League:: Luton Town
Oldham Athletic:: Nov 09, 1974

GAME COUNT:
League:: 1987 (of 5087)
League Tier 2:: 1162 (of 2511)
Competitive:: 2183 (of 5829)
Total:: 3339 (of 7634)
Played:: 72 years, 4 months, 21 days ago

FOREST
Manager: Billy Walker
Prior form: WDWDLD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Horace Gager (20') (Pen) - Horace Gager last goal
Tommy Capel (27') - Tommy Capel last goal
Alan Moore (38')

OLDHAM ATHLETIC
Manager: George Hardwick
Prior form: LLLLWD (Old to recent)

Goal Scorers
Brierly (52')

Lineup


Num	Pos	Age	Player	Notes
1	GK	37	Harry Walker
2	D	28	Bill Whare
3	D	30	James Clarke	Last game
4	M	30	Alan Orr
5	D	37	Horace Gager (20')
6	F	29	Tom Martin
7	F	27	Alan Moore (38')
8	F	27	Hugh McLaren
9	F	23	Tommy Wilson
10	F	31	Tommy Capel (27')	Last game
11	F	33	Collin Collindridge	Last game

	So Far¹	Last Game²
Num	Pos	Age	Player	Games	Goals	Days	Games
1	GK	37	Harry Walker	290		5	1
2	D	28	Bill Whare	138	1	5	1
3	D	30	James Clarke	19		5	1
4	M	30	Alan Orr	41		5	1
5	D	37	Horace Gager (20')	264	10	5	1
6	F	29	Tom Martin	30	4	5	1
7	F	27	Alan Moore (38')	88	34	5	1
8	F	27	Hugh McLaren	9	6	5	1
9	F	23	Tommy Wilson	9		5	1
10	F	31	Tommy Capel (27')	160	71	7	2
11	F	33	Collin Collindridge	157	47	7	2

Lineup

Num	Pos	Player
1	GK	Burnett
2	D	Smith
3	D	McGlen
4	D	Lowrie
5	D	Naylor
6	M	Whyte
7	M	WalkerT
8	M	Harris
9	M	Brierly
10	F	Crook
11	F	McShane

All Games In Division 2 On This Day (Sat Apr 24, 1954)

Home	Score	Away
Blackburn Rovers	1-0	Swansea Town
Brentford	1-3	Leicester City
Bristol Rovers	3-2	Stoke City
Bury	0-1	Luton Town
Derby County	1-1	Rotherham United
Doncaster Rovers	3-3	Plymouth Argyle
Everton	1-0	Birmingham City
Hull City	1-1	Leeds United
Lincoln City	4-2	Fulham
Notts County	3-1	West Ham United
Oldham Athletic	1-3	Nottingham Forest

TABLES BEFORE AND AFTER THE GAME

Table before:

SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status
1	Leicester City	41	22	10	9	94	59	15	4	2	63	23	7	6	7	31	36	35	54	WWWLDW	Safe
2	Blackburn Rovers	41	22	9	10	85	50	14	4	2	53	16	8	5	8	32	34	35	53	WDWWWL	Safe
3	Everton	40	18	16	6	87	58	12	6	2	54	27	6	10	4	33	31	29	52	LLDWDD	Safe
4	Nottingham Forest	41	19	12	10	83	58	15	5	1	61	27	4	7	9	22	31	25	50	WDWDLD	Safe
5	Birmingham City	41	18	11	12	78	57	12	6	3	49	18	6	5	9	29	39	21	47	DWLDLD	Safe
6	Rotherham United	40	20	6	14	75	66	12	4	4	47	26	8	2	10	28	40	9	46	WLDWWD	Safe
7	Luton Town	41	17	12	12	63	59	11	7	3	36	23	6	5	9	27	36	4	46	LWWDWL	Safe
8	Fulham	41	17	10	14	96	81	12	3	6	62	39	5	7	8	34	42	15	44	LWWLDW	Safe
9	Leeds United	41	15	12	14	88	80	12	5	4	56	30	3	7	10	32	50	8	42	LWDDLW	Safe
10	Bristol Rovers	41	13	16	12	61	56	9	7	4	29	17	4	9	8	32	39	5	42	LWLWLD	Safe
11	Doncaster Rovers	40	16	8	16	56	56	9	4	7	29	25	7	4	9	27	31	0	40	LLDLWL	Safe
12	Stoke City	40	11	17	12	66	55	7	8	5	40	26	4	9	7	26	29	11	39	LWDDLD	Safe
13	West Ham United	41	15	9	17	66	66	11	6	4	44	20	4	3	13	22	46	0	39	WLDDLL	Safe
14	Hull City	41	16	5	20	63	65	14	0	6	46	21	2	5	14	17	44	-2	37	LLWLWD	Safe
15	Notts County	41	12	13	16	51	73	7	6	7	23	28	5	7	9	28	45	-22	37	WLLWDD	Safe
16	Bury	41	11	14	16	54	71	9	7	4	39	31	2	7	12	15	40	-17	36	DDWWLW	Safe
17	Lincoln City	41	13	9	19	61	81	10	6	4	42	21	3	3	15	19	60	-20	35	WLWLLD	Safe
18	Derby County	41	12	10	19	63	81	9	4	7	37	34	3	6	12	26	47	-18	34	LLLWLW	Safe
19	Swansea Town	41	13	8	20	58	81	11	5	5	34	25	2	3	15	24	56	-23	34	LWLWWL	Safe
20	Plymouth Argyle	40	9	15	16	60	76	6	12	3	38	31	3	3	13	22	45	-16	33	WDLDWW
21	Brentford	41	10	11	20	39	75	9	5	6	24	23	1	6	14	15	52	-36	31	LWDLWL
22	Oldham Athletic	40	8	9	23	39	82	6	7	6	25	24	2	2	17	14	58	-43	25	LLLLWD	Relegated

Table after:

	SECOND DIVISION								Home					Away
	Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Current Form	Status	Result(s)
	1	Leicester City	42	23	10	9	97	60	15	4	2	63	23	8	6	7	34	37	37	56	WWLDWW	Promoted	3-1
	2	Blackburn Rovers	42	23	9	10	86	50	15	4	2	54	16	8	5	8	32	34	36	55	DWWWLW	Safe	1-0
	3	Everton	41	19	16	6	88	58	13	6	2	55	27	6	10	4	33	31	30	54	LDWDDW	Safe	1-0
	4	Nottingham Forest	42	20	12	10	86	59	15	5	1	61	27	5	7	9	25	32	27	52	DWDLDW	Safe	3-1
2	5	Luton Town	42	18	12	12	64	59	11	7	3	36	23	7	5	9	28	36	5	48	WWDWLW	Safe	1-0
1	6	Birmingham City	42	18	11	13	78	58	12	6	3	49	18	6	5	10	29	40	20	47	WLDLDL	Safe	0-1
1	7	Rotherham United	41	20	7	14	76	67	12	4	4	47	26	8	3	10	29	41	9	47	LDWWDD	Safe	1-1
	8	Fulham	42	17	10	15	98	85	12	3	6	62	39	5	7	9	36	46	13	44	WWLDWL	Safe	2-4
1	9	Bristol Rovers	42	14	16	12	64	58	10	7	4	32	19	4	9	8	32	39	6	44	WLWLDW	Safe	3-2
1	10	Leeds United	42	15	13	14	89	81	12	5	4	56	30	3	8	10	33	51	8	43	WDDLWD	Safe	1-1
	11	Doncaster Rovers	41	16	9	16	59	59	9	5	7	32	28	7	4	9	27	31	0	41	LDLWLD	Safe	3-3
	12	Stoke City	41	11	17	13	68	58	7	8	5	40	26	4	9	8	28	32	10	39	WDDLDL	Safe	2-3
	13	West Ham United	42	15	9	18	67	69	11	6	4	44	20	4	3	14	23	49	-2	39	LDDLLL	Safe	1-3
1	14	Notts County	42	13	13	16	54	74	8	6	7	26	29	5	7	9	28	45	-20	39	LLWDDW	Safe	3-1
1	15	Hull City	42	16	6	20	64	66	14	1	6	47	22	2	5	14	17	44	-2	38	LWLWDD	Safe	1-1
1	16	Lincoln City	42	14	9	19	65	83	11	6	4	46	23	3	3	15	19	60	-18	37	LWLLDW	Safe	4-2
1	17	Bury	42	11	14	17	54	72	9	7	5	39	32	2	7	12	15	40	-18	36	DWWLWL	Safe	0-1
	18	Derby County	42	12	11	19	64	82	9	5	7	38	35	3	6	12	26	47	-18	35	LLWLWD	Safe	1-1
1	19	Plymouth Argyle	41	9	16	16	63	79	6	12	3	38	31	3	4	13	25	48	-16	34	DLDWWD	Safe	3-3
1	20	Swansea Town	42	13	8	21	58	82	11	5	5	34	25	2	3	16	24	57	-24	34	WLWWLL	Safe	0-1
	21	Brentford	42	10	11	21	40	78	9	5	7	25	26	1	6	14	15	52	-38	31	WDLWLL	Relegated	1-3
	22	Oldham Athletic	41	8	9	24	40	85	6	7	7	26	27	2	2	17	14	58	-45	25	LLLWDL	Relegated	1-3